Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
白天，我靠着对夜晚的期盼来支撑自己、振奋精神，因为在梦中我能见到我的朋友、我的妻子，以及我深爱的故乡；
During the day I was sustained and inspirited by the hope of night, for in sleep I saw my friends, my wife, and my beloved country;
我再次看见父亲那慈祥的面容，听见伊丽莎白那银铃般的嗓音，看见克莱瓦尔神采奕奕、青春洋溢。
again I saw the benevolent countenance of my father, heard the silver tones of my Elizabeth's voice, and beheld Clerval enjoying health and youth.
每当在艰难跋涉中精疲力竭时，我便说服自己：这不过是一场梦，等到夜晚来临，我便能真实地投入最亲爱的朋友们的怀抱。
Often, when wearied by a toilsome march, I persuaded myself that I was dreaming until night should come and that I should then enjoy reality in the arms of my dearest friends.
我对他们怀有多么深切痛苦的眷恋啊！
What agonising fondness did I feel for them!
有时他们的身影萦绕在我清醒的时刻，我便紧紧抓住他们那亲爱的形象，说服自己他们依然活着！
How did I cling to their dear forms, as sometimes they haunted even my waking hours, and persuade myself that they still lived!
在这样的时刻，那在我内心燃烧的复仇之火渐渐熄灭，我追寻恶魔、将其毁灭的路途，更像是上天赋予的使命，或是某种我自己也无从察觉的力量所驱使的机械冲动，而非我灵魂炽烈的渴望。
At such moments vengeance, that burned within me, died in my heart, and I pursued my path towards the destruction of the dæmon more as a task enjoined by heaven, as the mechanical impulse of some power of which I was unconscious, than as the ardent desire of my soul.
我所追逐的那个存在，他心中作何感想，我无从知晓。
What his feelings were whom I pursued I cannot know.
有时，他确实会在树皮上留下文字，或将字迹刻于石头之上，引导着我，同时也激起我的怒火。
Sometimes, indeed, he left marks in writing on the barks of the trees or cut in stone that guided me and instigated my fury.
「我的统治尚未终结」——这行字清晰地刻在其中一处铭文上——「你还活着，而我的力量已臻完满。跟随我吧；我正奔向北方永恒的冰原，在那里你将饱受严寒与霜冻之苦，而我却对此无动于衷。」
"My reign is not yet over"—these words were legible in one of these inscriptions—"you live, and my power is complete. Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost, to which I am impassive.
Vocabulary
- During
- 在某段时间内，表示时间范围
- sustained
- 被支撑或维持，保持力量或精神
- inspirited
- 被鼓舞振奋，充满精神和勇气
- beloved
- 深爱的，非常珍视的人或事物
- benevolent
- 仁慈善良的，乐于助人的
- countenance
- 面容，脸部表情或外貌
- tones
- 音调，声音的音色或语气
- beheld
- behold的过去式，注视或看见
- wearied
- 感到疲倦的，精疲力竭
- toilsome
- 辛苦费力的，需要付出很大劳动的
- march
- 长途行军，艰难的步行旅程
- persuaded
- 说服，使自己或他人相信某事
- reality
- 现实，真实存在的状态或事物
- dearest
- 最亲爱的，表示最深的感情
- agonising
- 极度痛苦的，令人心痛的
- fondness
- 喜爱，对某人或某物的深厚情感
- cling
- 紧紧依附，不愿离开某人
- forms
- 形体，人物的外形或轮廓
- haunted
- 萦绕不散，反复出现在脑海中
- waking
- 清醒的，处于非睡眠的状态
- persuade
- 说服，用道理使人相信或同意
- vengeance
- 复仇，强烈报复他人的欲望
- pursued
- 追逐，坚持追求或跟随某目标
- destruction
- 毁灭，彻底破坏或摧毁
- dæmon
- 恶魔或守护灵，此处指怪物
- enjoined
- 命令或责令，被要求去做某事
- mechanical
- 机械式的，自动无意识地行动
- impulse
- 冲动，突然产生的行动欲望
- unconscious
- 无意识的，不自觉地做某事
- ardent
- 热情强烈的，充满激情的
- desire
- 渴望，强烈想要得到某事物
- whom
- 谁，关系代词宾格形式
- indeed
- 确实，用于强调某事为真
- barks
- 树皮，树木外层的表皮
- guided
- 被引导，受到方向性的指引
- instigated
- 被煽动，受到驱使去做某事
- fury
- 狂怒，极度愤怒的情绪状态
- reign
- 统治，掌权或支配的时期
- legible
- 清晰可读的，字迹容易辨认
- inscriptions
- 铭文，刻在物体上的文字
- seek
- 寻找，努力搜寻某人或某物
- everlasting
- 永恒的，永久持续不会结束
- ices
- 冰原，大片的冰雪覆盖地带
- misery
- 痛苦，极度悲惨的状态或感受
- frost
- 霜冻，气温极低形成的冰晶
- impassive
- 无动于衷的，不表露任何情感
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